Vacancy for Regranting Officer – ENNHRI
ENNHRI is looking for a Regranting Officer.
Deadline: Monday 25 May 2026, 23:59 CEST
Background
ENNHRI is the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions. We bring together over 50 National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) across Europe to enhance the promotion and protection of human rights in the region. NHRIs are state-mandated bodies, independent of government, with a broad constitutional or legal mandate to promote and protect human rights at the national level. They are accredited by reference to the UN Paris Principles to ensure their independence, plurality, impartiality, and effectiveness. ENNHRI is one of four regional groups of NHRIs, which together make up GANHRI, the Global Alliance of NHRIs.
Our Permanent Secretariat, based in Brussels, supports and facilitates ENNHRI's work, including assisting in the establishment, strengthening and accreditation of NHRIs; facilitating capacity building and training; coordinating exchange of information and good practice among members; engaging with regional mechanisms; and intervening on legal and policy developments at a European level.
ENNHRI is looking for a Regranting Officer. Please note that this is not a position focussed on substantive, legal or policy work.
Key Responsibilities
This position reports to ENNHRI's Team Leader – Operations and its overall responsibilities relate to the implementation of regranting mechanism, support grant management and knowledge management
Specifically, this role will entail the following:
Regranting:
Implement ENNHRI's regranting mechanism(s), including:
Processing grant applications, and conducting eligibility checks
Support decision making by the Board (and Finance Committee) on regrants
Administer small grants contracting, members' implementation and reporting
Setup and maintain online regranting tools and ongoing liaison with ENNHRI members about their small grants
Support development of future regranting and similar initiatives
Grant management:
Implement narrative reporting to donors
Support management of grant related portals and liaison with relevant donors
Contribute to financial reporting to donors
Support grant applications, including review of conditions
Support ENNHRI fundraising
Monitoring, evaluation and learning (ME&L):
Support monitoring and evaluation processes
Implement outcome harvesting and output monitoring
Support knowledge and data management
General:
Cooperating with members, Secretariat colleagues, GANHRI and partners
Any other reasonable duties as are required, in line with the general responsibility of the role, including occasional travel.
Person specifications
Essential criteria:
At least three years' relevant professional experience
Experience of supporting grant management and regranting mechanisms
Experience working with EU grants and projects
Experience of fundraising and funding applications
Experience of working on databases and relevant online platforms
Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise
Strong attention to detail and accuracy
Excellent computer skills, including experience working with relevant software databases and tools
Sensitivity to political and cultural contexts
Commitment to human rights, and to ENNHRI's values
Desirable criteria:
Experience of monitoring, evaluation and learning frameworks
Experience of working in an international context
Experience of working for a membership network
Understanding of NHRIs and human rights frameworks
Additional language skills
Terms and conditions
This is a full-time post to be performed at the ENNHRI Secretariat in Brussels, reporting to ENNHRI's Team Leader Operations.
The starting date is as soon as possible following interview. Permanent staff members are required to be based in Brussels, and ENNHRI has a hybrid working approach and teleworking policy.
ENNHRI offers an open-ended Belgian employment contract, which is subject to funding and performance. The remuneration includes a fixed gross monthly salary and many additional benefits. In line with ENNHRI's Salary Scale, the salary offered is approx. €3,600 gross per month, as well as a statutory holiday payment (92% monthly salary), a 13th month salary, and other benefits (such as monthly STIB travel pass, hospitalisation insurance, pension contributions, teleworking allowance, lunch vouchers and eco-cheques). The holiday entitlement is 20 days legal, 6 days extra-legal (pro rata), plus public holidays.
HOW TO APPLY:
If you are interested in joining ENNHRI for this role, please submit your CV and a cover letter through the online form here. Please note that we do not accept any applications by email. Please do not use Artificial Intelligence to submit your application. We intend only to consider candidates which provide their own, original application, suited to this specific post at ENNHRI.
Deadline for application: 25 May 2026, 23:59 CEST.
In-person interviews are planned to take place in Brussels on 9 June 2026.
https://ennhri.org/vacancies/vacancy-regranting-officer/